Based on 14 trips to Afghanistan between 1994 and 2010, A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan is the work of photojournalist Seamus Murphy. His work chronicles a people caught time and again in political turmoil, struggling to find their way.

When Madje’s dementia proved relentless, her daughter Maggie moved her life to care for her. Maggie documented the liberation from the roles she and her mother had learned to play – a discovery that gave her the mother she always wanted.

All awarded work will be shown at the FotoWeekDC Festival in a printed exhibition and may be projected at multiple events. FotoWeekDC is a massive celebration of photography across the District of Columbia and beyond and runs from November 9-18, 2012.

This year FotoWeekDC will also be running FotoWeekEDU, a series of seminars and portfolio reviews during the festival.